Arsenal is set to miss out on a move for Victor Osimhen as PSG closes in on signing the Nigerian striker.
Osimhen has been one of the best players in Europe in his position for several seasons and was the leading scorer in Serie A in the 2022/2023 season. His performances have put him on the radar of some of Europe’s top clubs, with Arsenal among those keen to secure his signature.
However, Arsenal remains undecided about which striker to sign, with Ivan Toney and Viktor Gyökeres also on their radar. This indecision appears to be costing them a chance to land Osimhen.
According to a report in the Daily Mail, PSG is set to sign Osimhen. The report claims the Ligue 1 champions are willing to pay £84 million for his signature. Although this is lower than Napoli’s asking price, Osimhen is keen on the move, and PSG is confident they will secure his services.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Osimhen is one of the best strikers we can sign, and the Nigerian is clearly good enough for our team.
However, our hesitation will cost us, and it seems Mikel Arteta is not so keen on working with him.
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My friends Aunts Husband who is a friend of a reporter that works for an Italian news paper has reported that Arsenal have submitted a bid of £68 million for Osimhen.
Oh please Dave, everyone knows that reporters have no friends.
You know how the gossip news works, just thought I’d getting in on the act. You know, a 3rd party or a 3rd party of a 3rd party said this and that.
Love your answer. Classic. LoL.
A goal machine? I looked up this guys numbers and he has scored 25 goals once in his career. And that was about 3 seasons ago.
European goal machine?
When time comes we will be the one to cry if reverse is the case. If really he is a goal machine and we miss out in signing him because of one reason or the order, we will definitely regret it.
This guy is ruthless and doesn’t tire easily.. He would be a ruthless addition if we end up getting him.. How many of our attacking forwards currently have scored 25 in any of the 3 previous seasons.. It’s mainly about what he’s bring to the team…
Arsenal have not told anyone the or targets. All this news are just speculations.
We are used to all these and we are getting frustrated about it
Getting a top-quality striker – a regular 20+ goals a season player – is difficult and expensive, because they are few and far between and don’t come onto the market very often.
Toney and, less frequently, Osimhen, and more recently Gyökeres have all featured in reports as the article says but so far nothing looks like happening with any of them – or anyone else.
There’s still adequate time in the transfer window but as the on-going Calafiori “saga” shows, you can never be sure until the contract is signed. Let’s hope Edu has got his pen handy.
VO9 is definitely the perfect piece to bring Arsenal back to trophy 🏆 days, just as he did for Napoli after 30+ years.
Every other components are in place, but for VO9 to make the joy complete.
Having watched him closely in the AFCOM tournament , the word overrated comes readily to mind.I sincerely hope we give him a body swerve.
Having watch Euros 2024, what do you think of Havertz, Mbappe, Saka, Kane ,Foden, Grizzman,and Sesko?
They all contributed to their team, except for Foden. You did ask!
He contributed to his team too. They couldn’t win the last two games he didn’t play. He won Golden Boot in under 17 world cup, did something special for Napoli to win title after 30 yrs. Tell me a better striker than Osimen in the premier league except Haland
under 17 world cup how many years ago…
Kane won the golden boot at Euro 2024…
And victor didn’t contribute to the super eagles who got to the finals? He was clearly one of the best contributors. Arsenal clearly don’t have a goal scoring problem. What we lack is a stiker that can put in the work, challenging defenders for every ball and attacking every opportunity in the 6 yard box.
I can tell u that no one does it better than Osimhen in European top leagues currently.
We tend to always put players down we don’t know.
Imagine a player whose work rate in the AFCON was incredibly high that CAF selected him for a drug test while the tournament was on.
Well put boss, he is a beast period..
Not a bit surprised PSG is signing him. He won’t even come close to filling Mbappe’s boots but his on the pitch performance isn’t why PSG went for him. I can only hope that it’s the usual journalistic bull that Arsenal was ever keen for his signature. This guy has trouble written all over him.
And when you watched Kane in the just concluded Euros does the word overrated comes to mind? I’m sure you wouldn’t say that about him…
He’s only 24. He was Serie A golden boot last year, Afcon qualifiers golden boot, U 17 World cup golden boot.
He’s integrated and established himself into Lilie, now Napoli with decent Match goal ratio; next to Mbape, Haaland ratios.
Osimhen was equal 3rd with Giroud (yes you read that right) in Serie A last season, nowhere near the golden boot
also noticeable is missing an average of 11 Serie A games per season over last 4 seasons, the last thing Arsenal needs is another sicknote to add to the treatment table
the stand-out consistent performer in Serie A is Lautaro Martinez by a distance
Arsenal1886, agreed you are right about him being a croc repeater, also we will loose him to the Africans cup I believe, their is a strange similarity to Partey, but to a slightly lesser degree.
Lautaro Martinez is consistent over the past three years similar to Santiago Gimenez but Lautaro finished the season better.
Maybe that’s why Arteta said he is waiting for the Copa America cup to finish, who knows, but an interesting statement to make.
Viktor Gyokeres would be a good buy “if” and a big “if” that is, if he could transfer his goal contribution form from his lower league to the premier League, but it is a huge gamble coming from a much lower league, no disrespect, others I understand,may disagree.
Well said bro…facts over feelings
My dream Arsenal striker signing is Lautaro Martinez..
Surely, not beyond possible…..
He signed a contract extension last month for another five years. So I would say it is beyond possible.
Get oshimen and win the epl fa community sheld and champions league in a season.
I’m actually not sure that Arsenal was interested in him. He’ll fit PSG better.
PSG are known to pay far over the top for even average players. There is no way Oshimen is worth a dime over £65m in the real world. And even though I love his agggressive style and brutish strength against defenders, I think his disciplinary record will make Arteta pause and think if taking him is worth the trouble he could become.
Be realistic, he’s worth more than 65 million. How much did Havertz cost Arsenal? Arsenal need a world class striker to complete the jigsaw. A big profile player that scares defenders
there are plenty of articles out there saying Osihmen should be avoided, does not have the elite clinical goalscoring machine consistency and brings poor injury record (11 league absences per season over 4 season)
finished on equal goals with Giroud in Serie A last season says it all
the money is irrelevant if not of the quality required, which Osihmen isn’t
He can be tamed boss, that was what we said about xhaka but look what Arteta made of him…
Let him go to PSG we will all regret it soon and I will surely be here to mock us when we can get even a single player competing for the golden booth in our team for the past 3 seasons. It’s a shame
Don’t mind them, the work he’s going to do upfront will give the likes of harvertz, martinelli, trossard to perform better this coming season…
Edu/Arteta simply have never been in for Osihmen, just fan fantasy and newspaper fodder
let PSG have him
if PSG win the CL on back Osihmen i will eat my words, lets see…